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Ride-hailing drivers can spend months or years learning the best ways to make money. Now, there’s artificial intelligence for that. Loading audio narration… Lyft has been rolling out over the past year Earnings Assistant, a AI tool that gives drivers tips on where and when to drive. It shows how…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jillian Kurovski, a 27-year-old Ph.D. student living in South Korea for a year. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was doing spider research in Guam when I got an email saying that my birth mother…
Walmart is cutting or relocating about 1,000 corporate jobs to address redundancies and duplicate roles. Loading audio narration… A spokesperson for the retail giant confirmed the number of roles affected to Business Insider on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the news.A person familiar with the restructuring said it…
For many years, I had daydreams of leaving office work to explore something more creative. I was gradually being pulled into the world of chocolate — first as a hobby, and then as a true passion. Loading audio narration… In 2015, an opportunity came up to take redundancy from my…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified Tuesday that Elon Musk wanted “total control” of the ChatGPT maker — even suggesting that the AI startup be passed on to his children after he died. Loading audio narration… Addressing jurors in his high-stakes legal battle with Musk, Altman recalled a “particularly hair-raising moment”…
Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who now runs the AI Futures Project, says the artificial-intelligence industry is racing to build systems that companies still do not fully understand or control. Loading audio narration… Kokotajlo spoke with Business Insider’s Reem Makhoul and Barbara Corbellini Duarte in May 2025, explaining that…
After two weeks of testimony from witnesses who called Sam Altman a liar and a cheat, jurors in Elon Musk’s blockbuster trial against the OpenAI CEO got to hear his side of the story. Loading audio narration… Altman took the witness stand in an Oakland, California, federal courthouse on Tuesday…
The US military rarely discloses the locations of its deployed ballistic missile submarines, the naval arm of its nuclear might. When it does, it’s often meant to send a message. Loading audio narration… On Monday, the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet shared a photo of an Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine docked in…
Anthropic is seeking a true believer ready to spread the gospel of Claude. Loading audio narration… The company is hiring an “Applied AI Claude Evangelist.” The role will work with startups to help them adopt Anthropic’s products.The Claude Evangelist will be “the face of Anthropic” among venture capitalists, startup founders,…
Call me a grouch, but I find it really hard to make any compelling argument for why anyone needs to see a feed of their friends’ activity on Venmo. Loading audio narration… Is it really so interesting seeing that your friend paid someone for pizza?Venmo’s new redesign adds features that…
